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September News 2007 |
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Will Ofcom kill the radio waves? |
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UK telecoms regulator Ofcom is revising a planned sell-off of radio frequencies after experts in the entertainment and theatre industry warned it would bring shows to a halt.
Ofcom's plans stem from the switch from analogue to digital radio, which will free up a huge amount of the analogue radio spectrum. The regulator had intended to auction off all the freed-up frequencies to the highest bidders. But wireless radio microphones - as used for many opera and concert events - rely on frequencies squeezed in the gaps between those used by TV stations. These gaps will disappear after the auctions.
Now Ofcom has proposed making some frequencies available until 2012, when new technology may have solved the problem anyway. No final decision on the proposed auction will be reached before the end of 2007 although responses to Ofcom's plans had to be received by the end of August.
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